Pneumatic tired, individually steered, self-propelled vehicles have been the backbone of the nation's passenger transportation system for over 50 years. Every expectation is that this dominant role will continue for many years into the future. The concept and design of a successor to the automobile has remained elusive. Innovation seems to be aimed at incremental improvements to the auto, or mass transit devices that are intended to divert auto travellers to transit. Outlined herein is a design for a total successor to the automobile. Auto driving would be confined to remote rural areas and race tracks, and, in miniature form, carnivals and amusement parks. Nearly all truck movements would also be accommodated by the system, as would all mass transit travel other than longer-distance air travel. /author/.
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